Curl command line for consuming webServices?

Question

Do you guys know how I can use the Curl command line to POST SOAP to test a web service?

I have a file (soap.xml) which has all the soap message attached to it I just don't seem to be able to properly post it.

Thanks!

score 43 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 17 '08 at 14:49

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Posting a string:

curl -d "String to post" "http://www.example.com/target"

Posting the contents of a file:

curl -d @soap.xml "http://www.example.com/target"

answered Sep 17 '08 at 14:49

lbz

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Usually this header is also necessary: -H "Content-Type: application/soap+xml;charset=UTF-8" – tokland Sep 15 '10 at 15:14
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Getting `HTTP/1.1 415 Unsupported Media Type` means the content-type header is missing or wrong. Try one of the ones suggested here (`application/soap+xml` didn't work for me, but `text/xml` worked) – Nickolay Jun 11 '14 at 09:27
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I also had to add `; action=http://tempuri.org/WhateverAction` to the `Content-Type` header. – Egor Tensin Jan 16 '15 at 12:14

score 34 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 01 '11 at 15:30

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For a SOAP 1.2 Webservice, I normally use

curl --header "content-type: application/soap+xml" --data @filetopost.xml http://domain/path

answered Jan 01 '11 at 15:30

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score 27 · Answer 3 · edited Jul 06 '18 at 21:11

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Wrong. That doesn't work for me.

For me this one works:

curl 
-H 'SOAPACTION: "urn:samsung.com:service:MainTVAgent2:1#CheckPIN"'   
-X POST 
-H 'Content-type: text/xml'   
-d @/tmp/pinrequest.xml 
192.168.1.5:52235/MainTVServer2/control/MainTVAgent2

edited Jul 06 '18 at 21:11

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answered Feb 20 '12 at 18:03

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epic! thanks for taking the time to post the ACTUAL working example! – Toran Billups Jun 26 '12 at 18:43

score 8 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 20 '12 at 14:32

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curl -H "Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8" \
-H "SOAPAction:" \
-d @soap.txt -X POST http://someurl

answered Nov 20 '12 at 14:32

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This works fro me. However, I need to read a value in soap.txt from a file. `code` `code` – bernie Dec 17 '12 at 08:34
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`-d @soap.txt` parameter provides what you want. – Ahmet Karakaya Dec 17 '12 at 13:19

score 4 · Answer 5 · answered Apr 24 '10 at 12:43

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If you want a fluffier interface than the terminal, http://hurl.it/ is awesome.

answered Apr 24 '10 at 12:43

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Curl command line for consuming webServices?

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